You might not think that programmers are artists, but programming is an extremely creative profession. It's logic-based creativity.

In the interview Romero publicly apologized for the infamous Daikatana advertisement. Ion Storm

Romero later co-founded Ion Storm in Dallas Texas with id co-worker Tom Hall where he designed and produced Daikatana. John and Brenda became engaged on March 24 2012.

Carmack led to a mass popularization of the first person shooter or FPS in the 1990s. He is best known as a co-founder of id Software and was a designer for many of their games including Wolfenstein 3D Dangerous Dave Doom and Quake. He is credited with coining the FPS multiplayer term "deathmatch".